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Marquette breaks record for days below 60 degrees

MARQUETTE (AP) — The National Weather Service says Marquette has set a chilly record by going nearly 200 straight days without the temperature reaching at least 60 degrees.

The weather service in Marquette reported Thursday that the Lake Superior port city had gone 197 days without reaching 60 degrees, breaking the previous record of 196 days set in 1970.

Jim Salzwedel, observation program leader with the weather service’s Marquette bureau, said Sunday the city’s cold streak ended at 198 days on Saturday, when the temperature reached 65 degrees in Marquette.

Before Saturday, the last time it had reached 60 degrees in Marquette was Oct. 3.

Marquette’s weather service observations go back to 1962.

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